Word: spoiling
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...leftists had unity problems of their own. Paradoxically, but not surprisingly, the first-round success of the Communists and Socialists bade fair to spoil their second-round chances...
...Soviet Union on the other. I don't want to do the Yahya Khan bit [a reference to his predecessor, who had arrested Sheik Mujibur Rahman, now Prime Minister of Bangladesh, for treason]. I don't want to brand people as traitors or indulge in recriminations and spoil the atmosphere. I will proceed with political surgery...
...House while Alan E. Heimert '49 was on leave. Though well-received in the House and happy with the job, he said he would not like to be a permanent Master while his children are still young. "All the attention lavished on small children in the Houses tends to spoil them," he said...
...many misconceptions he wanted to clear up, said Lenny, was the idea that Rose Kennedy hated the composition. "The only quotes I ever read of hers in the press were 'I liked Hair better' and 'Don't hug me so hard-you'll spoil my makeup,' " said Bernstein. In fact, "she was terribly moved" at the performance and had written him that the Mass was "a masterpiece" and "a soul-stirring experience...
...Hollywood director who built his career on the sight gag and slapstick chase; of a heart attack; in Beverly Hills, Calif. Originally a cartoon animator, Tashlin graduated to comedy writing in the 1930s and '40s, and to directing in the '50s (The Glass Bottom Boat, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter...